Breast reduction waiting time at South East Regional Hospital
The median wait for breast reduction at this public hospital in the Tarraganda area of New South Wales was 209 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 209 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wollongong Hospital, about 268 km away, at 111 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| South East Regional Hospital | 209 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 296 days | 20.0% | 160 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 182 days | 27.9% | 190 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 309 days | 33.2% | 744 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- South East Regional Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | South East Regional Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 178 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 216 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 250 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 326 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 347 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 301 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 365 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 283 | 325 |
| 2024–25 | 209 | 296 | 309 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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